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**George Bauch** · 16th July 2008, 08:54 AM

I, too, have tried to like Jess Franco's film "Count Dracula", but it is impossible. You would think that with Lee, Herbert Lom and Klaus Kinski all together in one film, the results would be better. But the truth is, this is just a terrible film. The script is often ludicrous in the extreme and does not follow Stoker's text as promised. Van Helsing stays in London and isn't even involved in Dracula's death which is nothing like the book. Lee is great as Dracula (well, duh!!!), but he always is. Herbert Lom is a big disappointment as Van Helsing, but in all fairness, this is really more the scripts fault than his. As for Franco's direction, I think the reviewer for CINEFANTASTIQUE said it best, when it isn't completely lifeless, its incredibly zoom happy. As with the Fu Manchu films, this was an incredible opportunity wasted.

16th July 2008, 08:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
George Bauch Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	Re: The Dracula Saga I, too, have tried to like Jess Franco's film "Count Dracula", but it is impossible. You would think that with Lee, Herbert Lom and Klaus Kinski all together in one film, the results would be better. But the truth is, this is just a terrible film. The script is often ludicrous in the extreme and does not follow Stoker's text as promised. Van Helsing stays in London and isn't even involved in Dracula's death which is nothing like the book. Lee is great as Dracula (well, duh!!!), but he always is. Herbert Lom is a big disappointment as Van Helsing, but in all fairness, this is really more the scripts fault than his. As for Franco's direction, I think the reviewer for CINEFANTASTIQUE said it best, when it isn't completely lifeless, its incredibly zoom happy. As with the Fu Manchu films, this was an incredible opportunity wasted.